Date: Tue, 11 Jul 2000 07:57:07 -0500 From: "Jonathan Fosburgh" <fosburgh@flash.net> To: "Jeff Wyman" <wysoft@wysoft.tzo.com>, "Francisco Reyes" <fran@reyes.somos.net> Cc: "Vivek Khera" <khera@kciLink.com>, <stable@FreeBSD.ORG>, "Kris Kennaway" <kris@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: why new buildkernel (was HEADS UP! Always use the 'make buildkernel'..." Message-ID: <013a01bfeb37$855063b0$ca406f8f@mdacc.tmc.edu> References: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0007110135480.3018-100000@wysoft.tzo.com>
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----- Original Message ----- From: "Jeff Wyman" <wysoft@wysoft.tzo.com> To: "Francisco Reyes" <fran@reyes.somos.net> Cc: "Vivek Khera" <khera@kciLink.com>; <stable@FreeBSD.ORG>; "Kris Kennaway" <kris@FreeBSD.ORG> Sent: Tuesday, July 11, 2000 3:36 AM Subject: Re: why new buildkernel (was HEADS UP! Always use the 'make buildkernel'..." > > Why is this new procedure necessary. > > I recall reading is because of some new additions, but what were > > these additions (I have seen the name, but have no clue what > > they are.. binutils?) and why the new, more cumbersome, > > procedure? > > francisco > > Moderator of the Corporate BSD list > > http://www.egroups.com/group/BSD_Corporate > > If you missed one of Kris Kennaway's previous messages about this, this is > how he described it: > > --SNIP-- > Buildkernel internally handles tool dependency problems, where the kernel > build depends on tools which were built by make installworld, but not yet > installed on the system. The alternative is to post a detailed list of > which bits must be installed before you can build your new kernel, each > time it happens, which is error-prone and subject to people not reading > their mail (oops, which is exactly what happened this time around). > --SNIP-- > Can someone (who is knowledgable enough to explain it properly, otherwise I would make a go at it) put this in handbook/makeworld.html? I just read it and it still says to do your kernel upgrade after doing make world (or make installworld). There is a -CURRENT section in there detailing -j4, so why not a 4.0-STABLE (and higher) section detailing this change to the kernel building procedure and why it is now preferred over make world/installworld and then kernel config/make depend/make/make install kernel building procedure? To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message
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